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Senator Ayade Introduces Direct Cash Top Up Program For Constituents

by crossriverwatch admin The senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber, Senator Ben Ayade will on Friday, 1st August, 2014 begin a direct financial intervention program called “Direct Cash Top Up” DICATOP, for his constituents. According to a statement from the Special Assistant to Ayade, the Senator’s focus “falls within the

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Cross River Lifts Levy On Cocoa Farmers

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State government has suspended the non-compliance levy imposed on cocoa farmers in the state. Accordingly, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, James Aniyom, in a text message made available to some newsmen, directed the immediate suspension of the levy saying, “Director of Produce, please commence the immediate grading of cocoa

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Cross River Cocoa Farmers Delay Shipments Over Disputed Levies

by crossriverwatch admin Cocoa shipments from Nigeria’s second-largest grower, Cross River State, have halted in the past week owing to a disagreement over a levy imposed by the state government on exporters who did not use the state’s port to ship their beans, a trade body said. Spokesman for the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Godwin

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Cross River State Government Seal NTA Calabar Over 42m Tax Evasion

by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday sealed up the premises of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 9 Calabar for allegedly evading PAYE tax remittance which the Cross River state internal revenue claimed the broadcast station has owed from 2006 to 2012. The sealing up was done in company of

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Cross River Empowers 3,000 Youths Through Small And Medium Enterprises

by crossriverwatch admin As part of effort at creating jobs for its teeming youths, Cross River State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government has injected over N1 billion through Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agenda (MEDA), into Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) businesses across the different sectors in the state. Since the inception of

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NGO Hold Skill Acquisition Workshop In Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin Youths have been encouraged to strive to learn new skills so as to be self sufficient and independent. This advice was given by Mr. Adewunmi Olatunji the Coordinator of a Lagos based NGO, Capacity Development and Skills Acquisition Initiative at a skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training workshop organized by the NGO in

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GOtv To Sponsor 5th Cross River Athletics/Swimming Championship

by crossriverwatch admin GOtv has announced its partnership with the Cross River State government on the 5th Athletics and Swimming Championship for primary and secondary schools. This announcement was made at the Transcorp Hotel in Calabar on Tuesday, 8 July 2014. The sporting event will involve representatives from eighteen local government areas in Cross River

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CRUTECH Don Faults House Committee Over Recommendation On Cement Usage

by crossriverwatch admin Criticisms have continued to trail the recent recommendation of the House of Representative Ad hoc committee on composition and pigmentation of cement which reportedly overlooked the preponderance of submissions from majority stakeholders but acceded to a minority proposition that the “42.5mpa cement grade should be the minimum standard for construction works because

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